William Dickson Boyce was an American newspaper man, entrepreneur, magazine publisher, and explorer. He was the first American to visit the newly discovered tomb of the Egyptian king. Boyce died in Chicago, Illinois, on June 16, 1858, at the age of 67. He is buried in Mount Kilimanjaro in South Africa.
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William Dickson Boyce was an American newspaper man, entrepreneur, magazine publisher, and explorer. Born in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, he acquired a love for the outdoors early in his life. After working as a schoolteacher and a coal miner, Boyce attended Wooster Academy in Ohio before moving to the Midwest and Canada. With his first wife, Mary Jane Beacom, he moved to Chicago to pursue his entrepreneurial ambitions. By the early years of the 20th century, he had become a multi-millionaire and had taken a step back from his businesses to pursue interests in civic affairs, devoting more time to traveling and participating in expeditions. In 1903, he showed little interest in Chicago’s social and social activities; he would only go to its equestrian clubs and the Chicago Hussars—an independent military organization. In 1914, he left the B. S. A. and founded the Lone Scouts of America, which catered to rural boys who had limited opportunities to form a troop or a patrol. In June 1924, five years before Boyce’s death, a merger was completed between the struggling L. S A. and the struggling B. s A. Boyce received many awards and memorials for his efforts in the U.S. Scouting movement, including the famed “Silver Buffalo Award”. Boyce died in Chicago, Illinois, on June 16, 1858, at the age of 67. He is buried in Mount Kilimanjaro in South Africa.
The tomb of King Tutankhamun was discovered by Boyce during his first expedition to Africa in 1909. He was the first American to visit the newly discovered tomb of the Egyptian king. The Boyce family is still active in philanthropic and charitable causes today, including a foundation in honor of Boyce and his wife Mary Jane, who he married in 1884. The couple had three children: William Dickson, Mary, and John. They had one son, Benjamin Stevens, and two daughters: Happy and Sydney Boyce, who later died in a car accident. The family lived in Ottawa, Illinois and had a four-story mansion on 38 acres, which became the center of his social activities and activities. In 2003, the family moved back to Pennsylvania and moved into a new home in the town of New Texas, Pennsylvania – now Plum Borough — where he lived until his death in 1998. The boy Scout program teaches self-reliance, citizenship, resourcefulness, patriotism, obedience, cheerfulness, courage, and courtesy in order “to make men”, Boyce wrote in his autobiography, “The Boy Scout Handbook” The Boy Scout motto is: “We pushed on. We pushed on” Boyce called his wife Betsy, but many her nickname was “Rattlesnake Jane” because she matched his skill in poker, rode horses cross-country, and was an expert saddle shot that was more masculine than Boyce himself.
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